(Amber's POV)Before Rae could reply, Ryan turned and waved to me, as if we were something more than master and slave and a part of me hated him for making me do this. Yet still, I plastered a smile on my face as he called out to me."Amber! Come and join us!"I held onto the hem of my dress as I stood, causing the front of my dress to dip a little lower and reveal more cleavage than I would usually be happy about showing, and made my way gracefully over to them as the leader's eyes followed me with new found interest."He's clearly been drinking Amber, and the way he's looking at you ..I think he's used to most women fawning over him. I think this might be a lot easier than you expect." Rae murmured as Ryan filled my glass and passed me it, toasting to the man opposite as I filtered out his words and allowed my body to go through the motions."I'm not sleeping with him to get him to do what Ryan wants though, Rae." "I don't think you'll have to Amber. Everyone has a limit…ply him wi

(Author's POV)Ryan's lips crashed down onto Amber's and instantaneously, sparks of lust seemed to ignite all over her body. She wanted him everywhere all at once, and he wanted to be buried so deep inside of her that he would never see the light of day again.He worked his lips against hers, his tongue probing gently at first before demanding entry roughly, and Amber willingly submitted.His every sense was consumed by her, the taste of her that his body seemed to have craved for so long and now, with her in his arms, he still craved more."Amber, are you sure you want this?" he asked breathlessly as he pulled back from the kiss."I would have stopped you if I wasn't…you're the one who has stopped this before now..you're the one who insisted on keeping me at arms length..I just want you…my mate…" she murmured huskily as her hands pulled him closer.Ryan's heart twisted painfully as he looked down at her, appreciating the sight of her beautiful naked body. Seeing her giggle and flirt

(Amber's POV)My stomach flipped in fear as I looked between the disheveled faces of the men in front of me, their faces twisted in an expression of hatred and lust as their eyes roved over me.I had no idea how they had managed to get inside the pack but the acrid tinge to their scent told me that they did not belong in this pack. I hoped to the goddess that they were not fully unhinged rogues because if they were, I stood no chance."Rae, what are we going to do? Do you think we can take them?" I murmured to my wolf as I began to slowly try to retreat backwards."I don't know. I highly doubt it though. Just from looking at them I can see that they're quite strong, certainly no match for an Alpha but for us…Amber we've had no training for such a long time." My wolf said with a slight edge of panic to her voice, "We need to get out of here."Without a second thought, I turned to run but I didn't get far as I ran face first into a wall of solid, sweaty chest and I found my arms being

(Amber's POV)The halls and corridors of this depressing place hadn't changed at all, but I pushed away the oppressive feelings with the hope that burned brightly in my chest because of the opportunity to see my mother."It's probably another dirty trick. They'll be some sort of condition, there always is." Rae grumbled."I know Rae, just…at least now we have Ryan behind us. Whatever this fucker throws at us, we can met it head on and not worry about repercussions.""It's just fucking unfair. I want to see her.""I know Rae, I do too. Our mother is the most important thing in our lives but you heard what Ryan said…we have to be careful."They settled into a tense silence with each other as she was led through the corridors and into the sitting room where her father stood imperiously behind the chaise lounge that held the poised figures of Anna and Viola."You're late." Luke said coldly as his eyes seemed to bore into her."Yes, I'm sorry. Traffic was a little difficult on the way over

(Ryan's POV)While we waited for Anna to complete her charade of being an attentive luna and pretend to direct the omega's in their work efficiently, Luke had led us down to the dining hall that sometimes doubled as his council chamber of the Scarlett Pack. He hadn't wanted Amber to join us, but much to his dismay, I had insisted that she accompany us.I wanted him to see us united and watch as it slowly sank in that she belonged to me now and that he could no longer threaten her or oppress her just to get what he wanted.We had sat and listened to him drone on tirelessly about this stupid project for what seemed like forever and quite honestly, I had stopped listening a while ago."So what do you think Alpha?" He asked excitedly, "I have a few projects that I want to pursue, but this one seems the most promising. The only thing that we're really lacking to get it off the ground is a little investment. But with your backing I really think it will succeed and make us both a lot of mone